January 29, 2011
how to get rid of deep acne scarring before april?
ok i donT have anymore acne on my face but i have deep scars.
their not those little red discolorations on top of skin, mine are like dents on my skin and i really hate it.
ive went to a dermatologist once about this and he was like oh ill just put you on some acne pills and it should get rid of your acne but what people arent getting is that i have NO MORE acne its just stupid deep scars.
i just need a method to get rid of it before april or summer
cuz thats when my boyfriend is gonna come down to see me and i dont see him often at all and for once id like to look pretty for him, for myself, for others..
i dont wanna be the beautiful girl with messed up skin.
there is nothing i hate more on this earth then RANDOM people saying oh you should take this you should do this and blah blah for my ACNE which i DONT have.
i just have bunch of scars and some deep ones.
so pleaseee suggest anything that will either make the deep scars smaller, barely noticeable, or smoothed out
i NEED this cuz im sick of the way it looks.
i cant afford a laser treatment or plastic surgery or anything that pricey i just want something small or simple that will do the job.
ive tried everything. i drink nothing but water, i used vitamin e oil and pills, rose water, coco butter but they dont do anything.
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Comments on how to get rid of deep acne scarring before april?
First and foremost, let me get this out of the way. All the bullshit you hear about tea tree oil, lemon juice, toothpaste, vitamin e oil, etc. helping scars? MARKETING. As a dermatologist, I've worked for over 10 years and the evidence for these 'home remedies' is absolutely shit. Please don't waste your time with these. Sorry about the language but you have to be stern to get the truth into heads sometimes.
So, in order to understand how to get rid of acne scars, you first obviously have to understand how and why they form (colour, etc.). This is my most succinct way of explaining acne scars to my patients – it’s the same explanation but it’s damn simple to understand.
Skin renews itself everyday 28-45 days.
Your skin has four main layers.
The very top layer is the thinnest – the stratum corneum. The layer below is the epidermis. The dermis is below the epidermis. The basal membrane is between the epidermis and the dermis. Scars are only likely if this membrane is ruptured (when the pimple is so deep that it reaches the lining).
The very bottom layer is the dermis. New fat skin cells form here and move up. As they move up through your skin, through the epidermis and to the stratum corneum to be shed off, they mature and become thinner. Eventually, they are so thin that they become flakes. That is what you see on the top of your skin. The brown colour in your skin after acne is caused by the production of melanin. Melanin in your skin goes away over time which is why tans are never permanent. Depending on how deep your melanin pigmentation is in your skin, dictates how long it takes for the pigmentation to go. If the pigmentation is in the dermis, it will take a very long time. Remember that melanin pigmentation occurs as a reaction to inflammation and bacteria being there previously. If bacteria was in the dermis and not in the epidermis, this means that the infection is deeper.
Yes as a reaffirmation, acne scars turn brown due to a production of melanin but it goes away over time depending on the depth of infection and therefore depth of melanin pigmentation (4-6 weeks for the average pigmentation so I always suggest that the patient do nothing first (naturally) than resort to treatment immediately).
We have established, firstly, that most websites on the internet are rubbish and pure marketing.
Secondly, superificial acne will leave superifical scars (only on the epidermis) in which case a 2-3% hydroquinone cream should do the trick after 4-6 weeks (bearing in mind it takes 28-45 days for skin to renew itself by the process of moving up I just outlined). Either a cream as a topical treatment, or dermabrasion as a physical treatment though my patients always choose the cream because dermabrasion is obviously harsh to your skin. REMEMBER, this is for acne scarring in the epidermis. If your basal membrane has been ruptured or the pigmentation is in the dermis, then here’s what I propose.
I always give my patients a choice. There's no point in forcing them to choose something they may not like. The first is the use of ablative lasers to correct your skin colour. Hyperpigmentation of your skin is caused by the production of melanin in the area after collagen is sent there to rebuild damaged tissue. It is quite expensive all around the world unfortunately.
The other option is much more accessible. Start yourself on a product with azelaic acid or adapalene. I prefer adapalene because this compound promotes cell turnover so skin renews itself much more quickly. Thus, pigmentation deep down in your skin will go away quicker. Note that this process depends on the natural rejuvenation of your skin as melanin levels gradually decrease over time (months or years we're talking about).
The problem is that scars are kind of permanent. It's easy to get rid of acne, but, short of some sort of (expensive) surgery, those scars are going to stay… sorry
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A combination of treatments are available. Treatment for acne scarring also depends on the type of scars you have, as well as your skin type. The face tends to respond to acne scar treatments the best. For some reason, the back and chest do not respond as well to treatment. In some cases the scar can be removed by laser treatment, but this is only in more serious cases where the scars are deep.